Suit raises illegal immigrant rights issueLas Vegas Sun... suggested — that all workers have a right to sue employers for discrimination — and that the Fair Labor Standards Act applies to illegal immigrants. ...

ACLU: Colo ID Theft Probe Was 'Fishing Expedition' - News 4Lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union say Weld County authorities went on a "fishing expedition" when they seized thousands of tax documents of suspected illegal immigrants in an identity theft investigation. The ACLU said in a brief filed

Suit raises illegal immigrant rights issueLas Vegas Sun... suggested — that all workers have a right to sue employers for discrimination — and that the Fair Labor Standards Act applies to illegal immigrants. ...

Will the immigrant story play in 2010? - Chicago Sun-TimesAs we head smack-dab into the middle of election season again, let's take a look at the personal narratives of some of this season's colorful crop. Of the handful of universal political stump speeches -- love of country, mom and apple pie, reform

Will the immigrant story play in 2010? - Chicago Sun-TimesAs we head smack-dab into the middle of election season again, let's take a look at the personal narratives of some of this season's colorful crop. Of the handful of universal political stump speeches -- love of country, mom and apple pie, reform

Over 400 immigrant kids in UK detention - PresstvBritain is once again under fire for abusing children by locking up hundreds of minors in immigration detention centers. According to a Home Office report, 470 children --mostly under the age of 5 --were held unnecessarily in detention facilities

Saturday, August 29, 2009

Countries must also be graded legitimately - star.com.myHUMAN trafficking remains an inhuman scourge centuries after the supposed abolition of slavery. Regrettably, Malaysia has been identified as one of the countries involved. Apparently, some people still seek to profit from the abduction and trade in

Health care reform: Answers to your tough questions - KHOUHOUSTON -- The issues surrounding health care are varied, but if anybody in Houston knows the complexities of health care reform, it's Dr. Pauline Rosenau. Dr. Rosenau, who is a professor of Health Management and Public Policy at the University of

Reid holds tele-town hall on health care - KTVN.comRENO, Nev. (AP) - About 10,000 Nevadans tuned in to Sen. Harry Reid's teleconference on health care reform. The Nevada Democrat interacted with 17 or so people during the 60-minute tele-town hall Friday, with opinion split over the issue and

Countries must also be graded legitimately - star.com.myHUMAN trafficking remains an inhuman scourge centuries after the supposed abolition of slavery. Regrettably, Malaysia has been identified as one of the countries involved. Apparently, some people still seek to profit from the abduction and trade in

Aug 25: Seeds Of Tyranny - Tyler Morning TelegraphOur founders knew all governments have seeds of tyranny because human nature is self-centered. They wanted to secure freedom by the balancing of interests. That's why they chose a republic, which arbitrates between individuals rights to make choices

Italian coastguard rescues 57 would-be immigrants - EarthtimesRome - An Italian coastguard vessel on Tuesday took on board 57 would-be immigrants who were found floating in a rubber dinghy some 10 nautical miles south of the Mediterranean islet of Lampedusa. One of the rescued was immediately taken to Lampedusa

Plan's aim is cutting border deaths - Arizona Daily StarAn annual summer binational program that offers Mexican illegal immigrants a flight home in an effort to save lives and disrupt smuggling has started a month later than usual and with a new air carrier. The sixth annual Interior Repatriation Program

Illegal Immigrants As Less Than Dogs - Huffingtonpost.comDaphne Eviatar of The Washington Independent reported on August 19 of the rising likelihood of the GOP alienating the Latino vote bloc by embracing the nativist stance on Health Care . She reports that "protesters at town hall meetings are

Unhealthy reform - Bladen JournalThere has hardly been a political firestorm of emotion since President George W. Bush began making plans to go to war with Saddam Hussein as has erupted over President Barrack Obama’s health-care reform effort. And rightly so. And it’s not so

Chopper searches for illegal immigrantthisiskent.co.ukAN air and sea rescue operation was launched in Ramsgate on Sunday after an illegal immigrant was said to have jumped into the sea to avoid Immigration...

Detention Center DefendedRocktown WeeklyThe owner of a company proposing to build a privately funded illegal alien detention center here said he will not go forward with the plan if a majority of ...and more »

Richard and Judy - Daily ExpressA SNIFFER dog has astonished bor­der officials by catching a record 24 illegal immigrants in a week. Three­-year-­old Lola has been hailed as one of UK Border Agency’s best dogs because of her “100 per cent” success rate of detecting

Moving illegal prisoners - KFOROKLAHOMA CITY -- Keeping illegal immigrants and terror suspects out of Oklahoma prisons is the goal of a bill that's close to becoming law. First, the bill would prevent the federal government from moving detainees at Guantanamo Bay into any private

Immigration, seen with compassion - Denver PostSomewhere in this very city, four Mexican-American women are living their lives, struggling with the same passions, worries and ambitions as any young women finding their place in the world. In Helen Thorpe's first book, the longtime writer (and wife

Illegal Immigrants - Hartford CourantObviously, the health care debate is not going well for President Obama and the Democrats. When almost half the country thinks the key component of your health care plan is pulling the plug on old grandma, well, you're getting your fanny kicked. To

Danger of plan is in what is said - Reno GazetteThe difference between telling the truth and lying is truth telling requires knowing the facts as it is about content, while lying is about intent. Will abortions be covered? Obama says "there is nothing in the bill about abortions," but H.R. 3200

Berks County might stop housing illegal aliens - Reading EagleWhile federal officials are planning to move families seeking American citizenship from a Texas detention center that is closing to a Berks County shelter, the county commissioners are considering getting out of the alien-housing business. The Family

Immigrants ‘abandoned by passing vessels’ - Gulf TimesValletta, Malta/Rome: Amid growing controversy yesterday over the fate of dozens of would-be immigrants believed to have died at sea, Maltese army sources said contact was made with survivors who however, turned down a rescue offer, insisting they